Arifah Surname

38,909th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,516 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Arifah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arifah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia13,3561:9,9021,251
Malaysia631:468,16223,720
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Palestine41:1,137,21216,054
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Arifah (14,311) may also be a first name.

Arifah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arifah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Arifah is found most in Indonesia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Arifah.

How Common Is The Last Name Arifah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Arifah is the 38,909th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 539,179 people. The last name Arifah occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Arifah reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 47,892nd most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 14,311 people.

This surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 13,356 people, or 1 in 9,902. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Central Java, where 37 percent live, East Java, where 33 percent live and West Java, where 7 percent live. Outside of Indonesia this surname is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 0 percent live and Qatar, where 0 percent live.

Arifah Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Sunni (67%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Harifah92298/
Arifaah92153/
Aarifah92107/
Ariffah9272/
Ariefah9230/
Araifah9224/
Arifahs928/
Arrifah925/
Arifa9122,457/
Arrifaih86103/
Arieffah868/
Arifahat861/
Airrifah861/
Arifaj832,002/
Arifai83765/
Arifat83538/
Harifa83281/
Asrifa83123/
Orifah8384/
Arefah8375/
Aarifa8373/
Ariefa8340/
Arivah8329/
Arufah8329/
Arrifa8326/
Arisfa8323/
Garifa8319/
Ariffa8315/
Erifah8314/
Araifa8311/
Aurifa837/
Arifea837/
Arifaa835/
Arifha834/
Arifad833/
Arifas833/
Areifa832/
Aerifa831/
Arizfa831/
Arifay831/
Arhifa831/
Aryfah831/
Aridfa831/
Gaurifa772,009/
Arrifai77118/
Arifeae7782/
Gariffa7730/
Arrifat7726/
Ariffai7717/
Hasrifa777/
Arifaid776/
Harefah776/
Arriefa773/
Hariffa772/
Harifai772/
Gaarifa771/
Harifha771/
Harrifa771/
Harizfa771/
Arifaij771/
Arefash771/
Aaryfah771/
Airifai771/
Ariffad771/
Harifad770/
Arefa731,937/
Orifa73809/
Arifo73112/
Arufa7356/
Erifa7351/
Arifâ731/
D'Arifat7147/
Garriffa7111/
Araiwfai711/
Haarifat711/
Harisfad711/
Harefa6741,174/
Garifo67745/
Areefa67130/
Arufai67101/
Arefat6743/
Aripha6737/
Garefa6730/
Erefah6729/
Harufa6726/
Horifa6715/
Arefoh6712/
Eruifa6710/
Orifha6710/
Erifai679/
Arifou678/
Aarefa677/
Arefai673/
Arifajová672/
Gorifa672/
Herifa672/
Ereifa672/
Arefea671/
Arjfat671/
Areffa671/
Arrefa671/
Aerefa671/
Arivoh671/
Arufaa671/
Arefaj671/
Ourifa671/
Arrufa671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Arifah
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